IBM liquid-cooled supercomputer heats building

Technology News (May 10 2010) Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel , Servers , Supercomputer

1. An IBM supercomputer is doubling as a space heater via a technique that reduces energy use by 40 percent and dramatically lowers the overall carbon footprint. Based at Swiss university ETH Zurich and dubbed Aquasar, the liquid-cooled supercomputer went live on Thursday and started analyzing fluid dynamics while simultaneously providing heat for the building. In a typical data center, about half of the energy is used for cooling. (Read Full Article)

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